in defense of the Chickering back

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Jim, 
Just tuned one tonight. I liked it. Used the Yamaha 304 page on it. I was
not able to see if it fit to a tee because of time and 100 cent pitch
raise. Will let you know how it does turn out but so far my impression is a
good one. Especially for a 60 year old piano
Joe

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> From: Jim Coleman, Sr. <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu>
> To: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com>
> Cc: pianotech@ptg.org; VOCE88@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Re: in defense of the Chickering back
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 7:56 PM
> 
> Hi James:
> 
> The M&H was definitely a better and different scale from the Knabe or the
> Chickering in the older days. At the very end,Aeolian made changes in the
> Knabe and chickering to keep their scales the same. Until the Knight
piano
> came out the M&H console was the best on the market. At one time the 
> Chickering had a full size drop action. That was very good. The scale was
> clean. As far as consoles go, that was worthy of the name Chickering.
> 
> Jim Coleman, Sr.